Microchip Inc. Offers wide range of 8-bits Microcontroller from 6 pin to 100 pin, Different Memory Sizes from less than 1KB to 128 KB having PIC10, PIC12, PIC16, PIC18 series as per Application.
There are several hundred models of PIC microcontrollers, the family can be broken down into three main groups, which are:

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PIC16-series microcontrollers have been around for many years. Although these are excellent general purpose microcontrollers, they have certain limitations but they are still in market for new and existing Design with limited features.
CERTAIN LIMITATIONThe program and data memory capacities are limited,
Small Stack
All interrupt sources sharing the same interrupt vector.

Microchip Inc. has developed the PIC18 series of microcontrollers for use in high-pin count, high-density, and complex applications.
PIC18F devices provide flash program memory in sizes from 8 to 128Kbytes and data memory from 256 to 4Kbytes, The PIC18F microcontrollers offer cost efficient solutions for general purpose applications written in C that use a real-time
operating system (RTOS) and require a complex communication protocol stack such as
TCP/IP,
CAN,
USB,
Zigbee.

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MPLAB IDE Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is a free, integrated toolset for the development of embedded applications employing Microchip's PIC® and dsPIC® microcontrollers

MPLAB® C Compiler for PIC18 MCUs (also known as MPLAB C18) is a full-featured ANSI compliant C compiler for the PIC18 family of PICmicro® 8-bit MCUs. MPLAB C is a 32-bit Windows® console application as well as a fully integrated component of Microchip’s MPLAB Integrated Development Environment (IDE), allowing source level debugging with MPLAB’s software and hardware debug engines.

Proteus VSM for PIC18 contains everything you need to develop, test and virtually prototype your embedded system designs based around the Microchip Technologies™ PIC18 series of microcontrollers. The unique nature of schematic based microcontroller simulation with Proteus facilitates rapid, flexible and parallel development of both the system hardware and the system firmware. This design synergy allows engineers to evolve their projects more quickly, empowering them with the flexibility to make hardware or firmware changes at will and reducing the time to market.

embOS is a priority-controlled real time operating system, designed to be used as foundation for the development of embedded real-time applications. It is a zero interrupt latency, high-performance RTOS that has been optimized for minimum memory consumption in both RAM and ROM, as well as high speed and versatility.
embOS is fully source-compatible on different platforms (8/16/32 bits), making it easy to port applications to different CPUs

The Imbuent PIC Development Board allows you understanding of Embedded System on PIC from basic level to Complex level. This board is well for Hobbyist and Students. Learn PIC Programming and Code Development the quick and easy way, on this Educational/Training Board. The PIC Educational board incorporates a Micro-controller PIC18F4520 Microcontroller with 32k of In-System Flash Memory. This board has so many basic Interfaces which helps you for quick and easy development

The MPLAB Starter Kit for PIC18F MCU contains everything needed to experience the high performance and versatility of the PIC18F microcontroller family. It includes an on-board debugger/programming capability as well as USB communication, a capacitive touch pad, potentiometer, acceleration sensor, MicroSD memory card, and an OLED display. The board can function as a USB mouse, joystick or mass-storage device (thumb drive) all using the on-board capacitive touch sense pads

The PIC18 Development Kit is a complete bundle of the essential development tools needed to get started with your next PIC18 application. THe kit includes a PIC18 Explorer Board, PICkit 3 Debugger/Programmer, USB cable, and a 9V universal power supply. The PIC18 Explorer Board includes both the PIC18F8722 and PIC18F87J11 microcontrollers and supoorts dozens of the general purpose PIC18 families using various processor Plug-in Modules (PIMs). PICtail daughter boards enable many different accessory boards to connect to the PIC18 Explorer Board for a flexible and complete development environment